About the ICPC

The Association of Administrators of the Interstate Compact on the Placement of Children (AAICPC) was established in 1974 and consists of members from all 50 states, the District of Columbia and the U.S. Virgin Islands. The AAICPC has authority under ICPC to "promulgate rules and regulations to carry out more effectively the terms and provisions of this compact." The AAICPC obtains its Secretariat Services, as an affiliate of the American Public Human Services Association (APHSA).

Oregon Criminal Background Checks/Abuse and Neglect Registry

Oregon requires criminal background checks for the following home studies:

Foster Care

Relative Care

Relative-Foster Care

Foster-Adopt

Adoption

Parent

Criminal Background Screening

The following methods are used to capture fingerprints to conduct criminal records checks:

Live Scan or other computerized technology

Finger Print cards

Criminal background checks/screening via Live Scan or other computerized technology are offered at the following levels:

National

State

Local

State or Local Criminal Record Checks Requirements/Process:

All adults in any home being studied are subject to a check of the Law Enforcement Data Sytem (LEDS) operated and maintained by Oregon State Police.

Applicant will not be approved if the person has committed any of the following misdemeanor or felony offenses:

There are no crimes that automatically disqualify a child's parent from being approved for placement, however any and all criminal history may potentially disqualify a parent. A felony conviction for a crime that involves any of the following automacically disqualifies a person from being approved as a foster or adoptive parent or living in the home of a foster or adoptive parent:

(A) Violence, including rape, sexual assault, and homicide, but not including

other physical assault or battery;

(B) Intentional starvation or torture;

(C) Abuse or neglect of a child;

(D) Spousal abuse;

(E) Aiding, abetting, attempting, soliciting, or conspiring to cause the death of

a child;

(F) Sodomy or sexual abuse; or

(G) A child as the victim (including child pornography).

Types of Checks (Crim. & Abuse Neglect Registry)

Oregon requires the following types of criminal background and perpetrator checks (Federal (F), State (S), Local (L), Abuse and Neglect Registry (ANR), Not Required (NR)):